The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#308 - House Guardian Beast

Since the other side had deployed an assassin to deal with them, they had obviously sensed some danger and were ready to resort to desperate measures. Therefore, Lu Jing didn't hold back.

The second time they visited the Miao family, the three didn't go through the main entrance but instead scaled the wall directly into the backyard.

Upon landing, they encountered two young maids carrying a stack of tableware to the well, intending to fetch water for cleaning.

The two maids were visibly startled by the three uninvited guests who had climbed over the wall. One of them prepared to shout, but before the sound could escape her throat, Yan Jun silenced her by striking her pressure point with the sword hilt.

The remaining maid, seeing her companion subdued, was so frightened that she loosened her grip, dropping the pile of items she was holding.

However, in the next moment, a hand suddenly reached out, accurately catching the bowls and dishes that were about to shatter.

"Don't be afraid, we're just here to find someone. As long as you do as we say, I can guarantee that you and your companion will be fine," Lu Jing said gently, while returning the bowls and dishes to the maid's arms.

After hearing his words, the latter was first stunned, then seemed to wake up from a dream and nodded repeatedly.

"Is your young master at home now?"

"Yes, yes," the maid said tremulously.

"Take us to him."

"Yes." The maid knew she was no match for the people in front of her, so she was very obedient. She did whatever Lu Jing asked her to do.

She led the three towards the young master's house, encountering several servants along the way. But like her companion before, they were all silenced before they could speak, turned into clay statues, unable to move.

The four of them arrived at the door of Master Miao's youngest son's room as if they were in an uninhabited place.

But then, they saw a black shadow in the courtyard.

The maid who was leading the way was frightened silly when she saw the black shadow. The bowls and dishes that Lu Jing had managed to save earlier were now completely smashed.

Then her own body went limp, and she fell into Lu Jing's arms.

A monster, two people tall, with a dragon's head and a horse's body, covered in scales and with a ferocious appearance, was crouching in the open space outside the house, staring down at the four of them with a pair of eyes as big as copper bells.

——Qilin.

One of the three most common auspicious beasts used in folklore to ward off evil spirits. The maid had seen one outside the Prince's mansion before, but that one was made of stone.

The one in front of her was alive. With each breath, she could see the two dragon whiskers fluttering in the air, and the stench in the air could be smelled from several yards away.

The maid had never seen such a scene before, and her eyes rolled back as she fainted.

On the other side, Yan Jun had already drawn her sword and fearlessly rushed forward, stabbing at the qilin's right eye. But the qilin hastily closed its eyelids before the long sword could pierce its eye.

With a crisp sound, Yan Jun felt that her sword blade seemed to have struck a piece of fine iron. This sword, which could split mountains and shatter rocks, was actually blocked by a small scale.

Although the qilin was forced back half a step by her sword, there wasn't even a white mark on its body. Then it lashed out with its tail.

Yan Jun easily dodged it, but her second sword still failed to break through the qilin's defense. However, Xia Huai moved at this time. She took out a seed, threw it at the qilin's feet, and then made a hand seal and chanted a spell.

The seed took root upon landing, and in a short while, several branches and vines grew, entangling the qilin's feet, making it difficult for the qilin to move. Naturally, Yan Jun wouldn't miss this opportunity.

Her sword followed her heart and stabbed out.

The two women cooperated perfectly. In the blink of an eye, Yan Jun had stabbed out dozens of swords, and the landing point of these dozens of swords was actually concentrated in one place. This control was truly miraculous!

Under such a fierce attack, the scale that had been repeatedly stabbed finally showed cracks and eventually shattered completely.

However, before the three could be happy, the shattered scale had already fallen off the qilin's body, and immediately afterwards, a new scale grew from the wound.

Seeing this, Yan Jun couldn't help but frown slightly. The qilin's attack methods were ordinary, and its movements were not very agile, but the defense of its scales was truly amazing, and it could also regenerate, giving people a feeling of being unable to do anything.

But then she heard a voice behind her.

"Let me try."

Lu Jing had already carried the fainted maid to the side, and also put down the bamboo case on his back, and even took off his upper garment, revealing the well-proportioned muscles underneath.

Yan Jun had fought with Lu Jing before, and she didn't doubt Lu Jing's strength.

However, in terms of martial arts power alone, Lu Jing's staff technique was obviously not as good as the sword technique she learned from Yunshui Jingci Pavilion. Moreover, the long sword had an edge and was inherently more destructive than the zen staff.

She couldn't break through the qilin's defense, and Yan Jun didn't know what method Lu Jing had.

However, she retreated upon hearing this.

Then she saw Lu Jing take a deep breath, lift the zen staff and jump up, jumping to the top of the qilin's head, and then swing the zen staff, without using any moves, just simply slapping down.

Relying on its scales, the qilin didn't dodge and just resisted it head-on.

Accompanied by a loud noise, its body trembled, as if it was drunk, and its feet stumbled.

But in the end, it still safely withstood this blow, and the place that was hit didn't seem to be a big deal.

It's just that the qilin didn't expect that the person in front of it was so stubborn. It was obvious that one blow had failed to achieve success, but then it swung the zen staff again without even changing its posture.

So there was another loud noise, and the qilin's feet were all slammed into the mud, two inches deep. Before it could lift its feet, the third staff fell from above its head again.

Then came the fourth staff, the fifth staff... The guy in front of him was like a blacksmith in a blacksmith shop, swinging a sledgehammer and constantly hitting the iron on the anvil.

And what's even more terrifying is that he doesn't seem to feel tired at all.

This scene was like playing whack-a-mole, which stunned Yan Jun and Xia Huai.

It wasn't until a moment later that they heard Lu Jing remind them, "What are you still doing standing there? Hurry up and go into the house to catch people. I'll hold this thing back."